Amazon Donates Profits From Anti-Refugee Group To Refugees

Posted by | December 31, 2015 10:25 | Filed under: Good News Politics

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Profits from an anthem from the far-right group PEGIDA will go to help migrants, says Amazon.

Entitled “Gemeinsam sind wir stark” — German for “Together we are strong” — the instrumental, which has no lyrics, was released over Christmas.

The anthem drew close to 180,000 views on YouTube, and surged on Amazon.de’s music chart to become its bestselling MP3 download, knocking Adele’s “Hello” to number two.

The release of the track on Amazon sparked a storm of criticism, with the online retailer coming under fire for making money from its sales.

PEGIDA, an acronym for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident (PEGIDA), had said profits from the sale would be given to homeless Germans.

But Amazon placed a message on its German webpage, saying profits from its sale would be donated to help hundreds of thousands of migrants, many fleeing the Syrian civil war, who have arrived in Germany over the past year.

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16 responses to Amazon Donates Profits From Anti-Refugee Group To Refugees

  1. Larry Schmitt December 31st, 2015 at 10:34

    How do you say “karma” in deutsch?

  2. mistlesuede December 31st, 2015 at 10:34

    I guess if PEGIDA had put this up for sale on a website of it’s own, it could have had control over where the funds will go. Perhaps Amazon should split the funds between both groups to avoid this public relations nightmare?

    • whatthe46 December 31st, 2015 at 11:50

      Good thing racist are stupid

      • mistlesuede December 31st, 2015 at 12:02

        LOL! Ain’t that the truth!

      • bpollen December 31st, 2015 at 16:29

        There are smart racists out there. Thankfully, they are few and far between.
        Otherwise, the average racist IQ would be about the same range as shoe sizes for a basketball team…

  3. Tommie December 31st, 2015 at 12:12

    This is a good way to piss off the anti-refugee, brilliant fu*king idea!!!

  4. Tommie December 31st, 2015 at 11:13

    This a good way to make the anti-refugee group upset and it’s a brilliant idea!

  5. Sweet Sir Walter December 31st, 2015 at 12:07

    I thought Pegida was Pig’s girlfriend in Pearls Before Swine.

    • Larry Schmitt December 31st, 2015 at 12:28

      That’s Pigita.

      • Sweet Sir Walter December 31st, 2015 at 12:57

        No matter how you spell her, she’s delicious.

  6. fahvel December 31st, 2015 at 13:21

    this is the better comment T.

    • Tommie December 31st, 2015 at 17:48

      Sorry, my first comment was on hold by the moderator, so i thought of a better way to say it, that might pass the test!

  7. maggie February 3rd, 2016 at 01:51

    awesome poetic justice…

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